# PhishDestroy threat dossier — xtbexchange.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-14 03:55:18 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/xtbexchange.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Fake Exchange
Targeted brand: GMX

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/91 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.188.198 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Dynadot Inc
Nameservers:     alaric.ns.cloudflare.com, brynne.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-07-09
Expires:         2027-07-09
Page title:      XTB

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-10-07
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 21b210b0386669d021d681379db35448a827d6340f1de7cba435d271203259b5

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-07-09 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-13 16:04:35 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-13 14:14:29 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-14 04:20:38 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f5bcc-6753-7319-a8c7-6d65a0f24d3b/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/ad12d5b7-90cc-417c-8906-a901a1ac4cc3
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/xtbexchange.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.xtbexchange.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=xtbexchange.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/xtbexchange.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/xtbexchange.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-13 16:20:23 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

xtbexchange.com was registered on July 09, 2026 through Dynadot Inc. The domain is currently active and resolves to the IP address 172.67.188.198, which belongs to Cloudflare’s edge network. Authoritative name servers are alaric.ns.cloudflare.com and brynne.ns.cloudflare.com, confirming the use of Cloudflare DNS. The short registration interval and immediate activation are consistent with infrastructure often employed for phishing campaigns. No additional intelligence such as page content, payloads, or associated malware hashes has been released, so the specific tactics and target brand remain unconfirmed. The domain is flagged as generic_phishing and assigned a risk level of under_investigation. Defensive teams should consider adding the domain to block lists, monitoring DNS queries for the associated IP, and employing sinkholing or traffic analysis to detect potential credential harvesting attempts. Continuous observation is recommended to capture any changes in hosting, content, or associated indicators of compromise.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260713-039430
TLS cert SHA-256:      21b210b0386669d021d681379db35448a827d6340f1de7cba435d271203259b5

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates:
  - VirusTotal positive ratio
  - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus,
    CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB)
  - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor)
  - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.)
  - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing
  - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts
  - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording)
  - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures)
  - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...)
  - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal)
  - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record)
  - Human researcher sign-off (operator takedown team)

A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does
NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their
first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite
score and the individual indicators above, not just VT.

## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/xtbexchange.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=xtbexchange.com
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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